Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Communication and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Nice Ltd (TA:NICE), which rose 3.59% or 1120 points to trade at 32300 at the close. Meanwhile, Perrigo (TA:PRGO) added 3.39% or 1040 points to end at 31750 and Gazit Globe Ltd (TA:GZT) was up 2.57% or 86 points to 3437 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OPKO Health Inc (TA:OPK), which fell 2.53% or 35 points to trade at 1350 at the close. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TA:TEVA) declined 1.67% or 124 points to end at 7306 and Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Corp Ltd (TA:BEZQ) was down 1.24% or 6.5 points to 517.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 252 to 134 and 32 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $61.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.85% or 0.55 to hit $64.88 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.60 to trade at $1349.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was up 0.08% to 3.5430, while EUR/ILS fell 0.63% to 4.3958.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 89.03.